Millenials Now Love Soccer Mom Minivans reposted by Ruth Paget

Minivan Sales Surging reposted by Ruth Paget

Millenials Seem to Love Minivans with Sales Surges to prove it according to CNN.  Toyota, for example, saw a 35% sales surge in 2025 for minivans.

See the following CNN article for details about how tastes change with age:

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/26/business/millennials-are-trying-to-make-minivans-cool-again

Reposted by Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-writer of 1800+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs

-family genealogist - whose work includes mother lines research editing 250 of my grandmother Pennington’s recipes and writing Monterey County Cookbook about my Monterey Peninsula California kitchen

-developer of 9 music theory games

Amazon AI Courses reposted by Ruth Paget

Information about Amazon’s AI Courses and enrollment details follows:

https://aws.amazon.com/ai/learn/

Reposted by Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games and 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-writer of 1800+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs

-family genealogist - whose work includes mother lines research editing 250 of my grandmother Pennington’s recipes and writing Monterey County Cookbook about my Monterey Peninsula California kitchen

-developer of 9 music theory games

Google AI Courses on Coursera.org reposted by Ruth Paget

Cousteau.org offers several AI courses that you can do online.

The link below lists the courses and gives information about how to enroll:

https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-ai/paidmedia?utm_medium=sem&utm_source=gg&utm_campaign=b2c_namer_google-ai_google_ftcof_professional-certificates_px_dr_bau_gg_sem_pr-bd_us-ca_en_m_hyb_26-02_x&campaignid=23562859652&adgroupid=193372992156&device=m&keyword=coursera%20ai%20courses&matchtype=b&network=g&devicemodel=&creativeid=797322410638&assetgroupid=&targetid=kwd-839123613269&extensionid=&placement=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23562859652&gbraid=0AAAAADdKX6bHMjFP3IVHzb7EDsVKZJyXT&gclid=CjwKCAjwmozTBhAeEiwAkEGZzsr2VJXyqMO80dwSBPbWP74tY7ooKZSYdRf6iRq_Jt-r4v64GaKDgxoCGlMQAvD_BwE

AI seems to favor people with good reading skills.

Reposted by Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-writer of 1800+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs

-family genealogist - whose work includes mother lines research editing 250 of my grandmother Pennington’s recipes and writing Monterey County Cookbook about my Monterey Peninsula California kitchen

-developer of 9 music theory games

Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew book on Indian Botanical Art being distributed by UChicago Press reposted by Ruth Paget

Flora Indica: Recovering Lost Stories from Kew’s Indian Drawings, published by the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew is being distributed by the University of Chicago Press.

For information about the book and purchase details click on the link below:

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/F/bo265674343.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Flora%20Indica&utm_campaign=Distributed%20presses_July%202026

Reposted by Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator French travel and culture games

-writer of 1800+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs

-family genealogist - whose work includes mother lines research editing 250 of my grandmother Pennington’s recipes and writing Monterey County Cookbook about my Monterey Peninsula California kitchen

-developer of 9 music theory games

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Trans-Cultural Study Guide by Volunteers in Asia Shout-Out by Ruth Paget

I have used the Trans-Cultural Study Guide by Volunteers in Asian to organize books like Eating Soup with Chopsticks about Japan as well as books about the US like Wisconsin Mom and Virginia Mom.

Amazon has some used copies of this old-but-goodie still available:

https://www.amazon.com/Trans-cultural-Study-Guide-Darrow-Volunteers/dp/B000VA2GM4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=X69QUVZPFTRY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.HrwKkPk_5k8XfQDTvOUUwvZIZiqGMzrGthVzHydLi6A-K6ZGvH0I7dJ3JbIjtfsuQNAWK1WaTdOsozyXBVt7lBHA8fOfBO1xLjYLpG0KqwVQVQZBd2_d3FMWtXSEvah7_LoopLQ6WFF3tya7nSU4bLHzERYmEgmoqqAa-an7f7HK3bl0Il8j4b4HjY3GYKrP1wTpkiRS_JLdGpQJtWN8vw.ShYFK5Q8pZXtlDLMPdRz139z8t7h_2VYdWSoz45ler8&dib_tag=se&keywords=transcultural+study+guide&qid=1784869481&sprefix=transcultural+study+guide%2Caps%2C231&sr=8-1

By Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-family genealogist - whose work includes mother lines research editing 250 of my grandmother Pennington’s recipes and writing Monterey County Cookbook about my Monterey Peninsula kitchen

-developer of 9 music theory games

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The Artist’s Way book is now an online course reposted by Ruth Paget

When I first started writing, I worked through The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron with my writing group.

The exercises in the book are fun.  The writing group also did potluck dinners.  Everyone liked my vegan bean and rice soup.  (This was a California-based potluck with lots of exotic salads, sugar-substitute cookies, and iced lattes from Carmel Roasting Company.)

Julia Cameron is now doing an online course of The Artist’s Way, which has sold more than 4 million copies.  I wrote 8 books after working through several of Cameron’s books.

Information about The Artist’s Way book and online course follows:

https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-25th-Anniversary-ebook/dp/B006H19H3M/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=204Z24I5VVYLH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lwvzYr_Tc-bWbNva_BH0M1u8S2dKYhhQWN0im61i79_AS8z2OGYSzMZLtNZcW1NhrA86pHWr7RkE7uYPcOUNkSYHa9SsSorMQ3IbMxqJ93whl4xHEvWbc58Q73vxt2AB-8bZxSmhy09goIR5NgdGTNzU1tM60Uf_G62khmosyEDs5Pc7nw-sStmOd1TjWBjC51kQwOSedHqhzXBX0pisPw.3hey4nXLa7ZSvhmvPSgN1TeHZaQU4oVLS8P8oTO1xg0&dib_tag=se&keywords=julia+cameron&qid=1784860485&sprefix=julia+cameron%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-1

By Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe’s Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 other Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-family genealogist - whose work includes mother lines research editing 250 of my grandmother Pennington’s recipes and writing Monterey County Cookbook about my Monterey Peninsula California kitchen

-developer of 9 music theory games

100,000 Visitors Expected for Car Week 2026 reposted by Ruth Paget

I read that 100,000 visitors are expected for Car Week on the Monterey Peninsula in the Monterey County Weekly.

The Weekly noted that this is the 75th anniversary for the Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach, California, which showcases investment cars.

More information about the upcoming Car Week can be found below:

https://whatsupmonterey.com/events/monterey-car-week

Have fun car shopping and test driving!  Seaside and Salinas have dealerships. 

Reposted by Ruth Paget

-author Eating Soup with Chopsticks, Marrying France, and Europe's Lessons written during overseas duty in Germany + 5 Kindle books

-developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games + 8 Classical Western Civilization War Games

-developer of food and beverage knowledge games

-creator of online exhibits about San Miguel Arcangel Mission, French baguette making, and the Carmel Valley History Center

-creator of French travel and culture games

-writer of 1800+ Central Coast California lifestyle blogs

-family genealogist - whose work includes mother lines research editing my grandmother Pennington's recipes and writing Monterey County Cookbook about my Monterey Peninsula California kitchen 

-developer of 9 music theory games